A Bad Rap

Manaj, formally Tyra Young and probably forever best known as rap empresario Dr. Dre's older daughter, is either walking in dad's shoes or rebelling by wearing a similar outfit.

The 22-year-old celebstress cries out for buzz and cred with a public tantrum that daddy is cutting her off over "Daddy's Shadow," a CD and DVD on her quest to climb the stairway to stardom one rung at a time (albeit by starting closer to the top than the bottom).

The 42-year-old Dre (born André Romell Young, who also has a son Marcel with wife Nicole) is the genius behind artists such as Eminem and Snoop Dogg, as well as a founding visionary of West Coast Rap and a multimillion album-selling artist on his own. It is his business acumen that calls into question whether he is actually behind the public announcement of Manaj or whether she really doesn't want to be daddy's little girl no more.

Interviewed by filmmaker Matthew McDaniel on the set for the video for "Little Ghetto Boy" — cut from his 1992 debut solo album "The Chronic" — Dre explains why he left NWA to go solo but could also be explaining either why he is still pulling the strings in his daughters career or why she can't even trust pops with her career.

"Don’t trust no Mo**f**s," he responds to a request for advice to aspiring rap stars. "Cause everybody in the music industry is out to get you."

** Maybe the child thinks s/he rebels, but the wise dad knows its just a new generation of the SOS. **